The first openly gay HBCU football star, Byron Perks, reveals his new boyiend to the world for pri month.
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- BYRON PERKS, D1 HAMPTON UNIVERSY FOOTBALL PLAYER, OUT AS GAY
- GAY PERKS
- GAY PERKS
- ANTHONY PERKS LIVED DOUBLE LIFE – MARRIAGE TO BERRY BERENSON AT 41 AFTER YEARS OF GAY AFFAIRS
- ‘THE BLACKENG’ STAR DEWAYNE PERKS ON HIS GAY HORROR SPOOF CHARACTER AND MG HIS COMG-OUT STORY FOR COMEDY
- BYRON PERKS, 1ST OPENLY GAY HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER, CELEBRAT PRI MONTH WH NEW BOYIEND
- GAY PERKS FLORIDA
- FIRST OPENLY GAY HBCU FOOTBALL PLAYER REVEALS BOYIEND FOR PRI MONTH [WATCH]
BYRON PERKS, D1 HAMPTON UNIVERSY FOOTBALL PLAYER, OUT AS GAY
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‘THE BLACKENG’ STAR DEWAYNE PERKS ON HIS GAY HORROR SPOOF CHARACTER AND MG HIS COMG-OUT STORY FOR COMEDY
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Today he me out publicly as gay a powerful msage of love for everyone his life. “I’m gay, let be known that this is not a ‘cisn’ or a ‘choice. Perks is the first gay football player to e out publicly at an HBCU.
Other gay Divisn I football players have been out durg their llege reers — Stt Frantz at Kansas State and Arizona’s My-Kg Johnson — addn to var other gay llege football players.
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“Especially at an HBCU, young Black gay men need an outlet, ” he said.
There hasn’t been an out gay football athlete at an HBCU. “You n be gay and be relig, ” he said via phone shortly after Wednday’s practice. Ever sce the silent film era, Hollywood beefke photos have tillated both female and gay male fans.
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The troubled but betiful gay star Montgomery Clift.
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But as the first gay football player to ever publicly e out at an HBCU, Perks didn’t jt remove his own mask when he revealed his sexualy to the world. Perks is not the first llege football player to publicly e out as gay.
“Especially at an HBCU, young Black gay men need an outlet, ” Perks told Outsports’ Cyd Zeigler. Last year, after publicly g out an Instagram Story post, Byron Perks beme the first openly gay football player to play for a Historilly Black College or Universy, and a new vio terview wh the We Need to Talk sports show, the Hampton Universy fensive back is openg up about what ma him fally fortable to e out and be who he is. @weneedtotalkByron Perks ma history when he beme the first openly gay football player at an HBCU.